The ruling coalition candidate Stevo Pendarovski has won Macedonia's presidential election. The pro-Western candidate won 51.7% of votes, with 99.5% votes counted. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, from the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE got 44.7% of the votes.
North Macedonia Capital : Skopje; Currency: Macedonian denar
Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo has been declared, winner of the presidential election. This was the 6th presidential election in Panama, since a US invasion removed strongman Manuel Noriega in 1989.
Cortizo belongs to left-wing Democratic Revolutionary Party
Myntra announced the launch of ‘Go Myntra-la-la’, a brand campaign, with Cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma been chosen as its first official brand ambassadors.
Myntra is an Indian company with HQs in Bengaluru, India
The Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer INS Ranjit was decommissioned after 36 years of service. It was commissioned on September 15, 1983, with Captain Vishnu Bhagwat in command
Indian Navy Motto: Shaṁ No Varunaḥ ,शं नो वरुणः (Sanskrit)
Indian boxers won 6 medals, i.e. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze at the 36th Feliks Stamm International Boxing Tournament in Warsaw, Poland.
Gaurav Solanki and Manish Kaushik bagged 1 gold each in 52 kg and 60 kg category respectively.
Indian Boxing Federation HQ: New Delhi
Acc. To the Finance Ministry, there was growth of 19 per cent in income-tax returns electronically filed for the assessment year 2018-19 , compared to those in 2017-18. A total of 66.8 mn returns were e-filed in FY19, which included 64.9 mn for AY19.
Finance Ministry is housed in The North Block of Raisina Hills
Global card payments company, Mastercard to invest USD 1 bn ,about Rs 7,000 crore in India in the next 5 years and plans to make it a global technology node for its platforms. It has already invested USD 1 bn in the Indian market in the last 5 years.
President and CEO of Mastercard: Ajay Banga
Indian –origin journalist G D ‘Robert’ Govender was given V K Krishna Menon Award 2019 in UK for his contribution in decolonised journalism. Govender is the first person who has been given this award posthumously
V K Krishna Menon was made Minister of Defence in 1957
Eminent writer and academician, Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao(84) passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest. Born at Jayyaram village in Mahabubabad district, he had worked as professor of political science and also authored several b
Telangana Capital: Hyderabad; CM: K. Chandrashekhar Rao
The first edition of ITOTY 2019 was held by Tractor Junction in Delhi. The format recognized Indian manufacturers of Tractors and Farm Implements, giving an overview of the Indian manufacturing and farming practices during the panel discussion
ITOTY- Indian Tractor of the Year